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How do CAE Book Groups work?

CAE Book Groups meet together once a month for discussion. Our groups must have between 8 and 15 members. They meet in their homes, or in public libraries, or neighbourhood houses, or cafes… There are no tutors, there is no written work – the groups are self-directed. A set of books, carefully boxed, is sent to each group once a month on loan. Groups nominate a Secretary responsible for organising the receipt and return of boxes to CAE. Groups choose their books from our catalogue which lists over 1,000 briefly annotated titles, ranging from the latest prizewinners and contemporary fiction to the classics, biography and autobiography, history, politics, social issues, philosophy, and a large collection of art titles complete with slides. New titles are added every year.